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Letters Patent No. 71,188, dated member 19, 1367.

IMPROVED ANIMAL- TRAP.-

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'Be it known' that I, NATHAN M. .LIN 10N, ot" Wilmington, in the countyof Clinton, and State of Ohio, have invented a. new and usefulImprovementlin Rat-Traps an d .'I do hereby vdeclare. the following tobe a. 'uli, clear,

and exact description ofA the same, reference being had-Ato'-accoullponying drawing, which is made a part of The subject of thisinvention -is a simple and cheap rattrap, andone,which insurestheimprisonment of the game,.a,fter passing through the entrance,without theaid of.springs',.triggers, or. such othel` devices as bydisarrangement a'reconstantly liable to impairthe trajp orrenderit-uselcss.

The drawing is a sectional perspective view of a. vrat-trap illustratingmy invention.

A rep'rcsents 'a triangul'arfboic, having* suliciently'large. entrance,'13, to permit rats of :my size to pass freely in. yI Iingetl within'theentrance B is a wire 1oor,'C, opening' inward,.but not outward.- D is aninclined board, kednvithin the box A, and extending upward from u.'pointf'neur the' entrance' to a p'oint near tho back end ofthe boxA. Eis a tilting-board, piv'oted 'tothesdesof the box A,a.nd resting upon.the board D, so as to form a. continuation of the latter. At the upperterminus of the passagoof which the boards D'and E form` the bottom, awire-guarded opening, F, is formed in the back end of thebolxl A.

.In use, 'thea-at is induced toire-rise the light wire door C andente1'-" t he trap, 'by a bait-which is placedbetween said rioolanti thefootof the board D. To reach the bait, the rat passes suciently farinto-the trap to clear the wire door 0,-"anti the latter then falls andshuts it in. AAs it cannot pass out at the entrance, the ratdiscovering'the -openingfll, and seeking to escape thereby, passes'-upthe board D and on to the tilting-board E, which :deposits it into the'cage or apartment G below D. The trap. is then remly for anothercapture,'withot any setting or adjusting ofthe parts.` A bait may besuspendedv over the tilt-board. i

' The trapumj be of wood lined with metal, but I propose to employ anyother suitable material.

Having described my invention, the following is wlxutI clninras new, anddesire to secureby Letters Patent: Thecotubinutionjof the hinged door Cwith the parts B, D, E, Rund G, as and for the purpose set forth.'

- NATHAN M. LINTON.

Witnesses:

' J. M. Moonn,

J. L. HACKNEY.

